Howard Brinker

Coaching Record

Years Coached Record Win % Playoff record Playoff win %
28 236-133-9 63.62% 5-11 31.25%

Biography

Career Summary

Howard Brinker was a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) from 1952 to 1979, finishing his career as the defensive coordinator/linebackers coach of the Cincinnati Bengals. Over his twenty-eight years of coaching his teams compiled a cumulative win/loss record of 236-133-9. He died on Saturday, January 3, 2004.


History

Year Position Record Playoff record
1979 Cincinnati Bengals Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Coach 4-12-0 0-0
1978 Cincinnati Bengals Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Coach 4-12-0 0-0
1977 Cincinnati Bengals Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Coach 8-6-0 0-0
1976 Cincinnati Bengals Defensive Coordinator 10-4-0 0-0
1975 Cincinnati Bengals Linebackers Coach 11-3-0 0-1
1974 Cincinnati Bengals Linebackers Coach 7-7-0 0-0
1973 Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator 7-5-2 0-0
1972 Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator 10-4-0 0-1
1971 Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator 9-5-0 0-1
1970 Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator 7-7-0 0-0
1969 Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator 10-3-1 1-1
1968 Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator 10-4-0 1-1
1967 Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator 9-5-0 0-1
1966 Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator 9-5-0 0-0
1965 Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator 11-3-0 0-1
1964 Cleveland Browns Defensive Coordinator 10-3-1 1-0
1963 Cleveland Browns Defensive Backfield Coach 10-4-0 0-0
1962 Cleveland Browns Defensive Backfield Coach 7-6-1 0-0
1961 Cleveland Browns Backfield Coach 8-5-1 0-0
1960 Cleveland Browns Backfield Coach 8-3-1 0-0
1959 Cleveland Browns Backfield Coach 7-5-0 0-0
1958 Cleveland Browns Backfield Coach 9-3-0 0-1
1957 Cleveland Browns Backfield Coach 9-2-1 0-1
1956 Cleveland Browns Backfield Coach 5-7-0 0-0
1955 Cleveland Browns Backfield Coach 9-2-1 1-0
1954 Cleveland Browns Backfield Coach 9-3-0 1-0
1953 Cleveland Browns Ends Coach 11-1-0 0-1
1952 Cleveland Browns Ends Coach 8-4-0 0-1

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